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Lasers give leg up on leg veins, but sclerotherapy still called 'gold standard'.

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  • المؤلفون: Melville, Nancy A.
  • المصدر:
    Dermatology Times. Oct2006, Vol. 27 Issue 10, p108-111. 2p.
  • معلومة اضافية
    • الموضوع:
      SCLEROTHERAPY; LASER therapy; LEG blood-vessels; COLLEGE teachers; GOLD, Michael
    • الموضوع:
      NASHVILLE (Tenn.); TENNESSEE
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      The article reports on the significance of lasers in the treatment of leg veins. According to sources, the success of lasers in these areas has yet to match the efficacy of laser use for facial veins. Michael Gold, assistant clinical professor at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, stated that laser companies continue to forge ahead with new techniques to stake their claim among leg vein treatments. However, he added that sclerotherapy remains to be the gold standard.